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We are closed from 17:00 on Thursday 22nd December 2022, and reopen at 10:00 on Tuesday 3rd January 2023.

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Website: William Joseph

The Quest for Longitude

By ANDREWES, William J.H., 1996 

The Quest for Longitude The Proceedings of the Longitude Symposium, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 4–6, 1993

Reference Books
  • Author: ANDREWES, William J.H.
  • Publication place: China
  • Publisher: Collection of Historical Scientific Instruments
  • Publication date: 1996.
  • Physical description: Hardcover, 237 pages.
  • Inventory reference: 2038

Notes

The history of finding longitude at sea, from about 1500 to 1790 with the development of John Harrison’s marine chronometer. 

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